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Agreed in principle, but custody/cohabitation/assets go well beyond name change. Joel Send a noteboard - 22/10/2012 04:37:09 PM
Nobody should be bound to define their mutually consensual relationships with other adults of sound mind unless the state has a undeniably clear reason to butt their noses in, like a legal contract for custody or cohabitation or shared assets, etc. Now religion or personal? Different story, plural marriage is immoral in my opinion and nobody has a right to make me personally recognize it as valid.

That is kind of the problem: The law confers, via marriage, privileges (and obligations) in those areas, and the Equal Protection Clause constitutionally prohibits doing so for some but not others.
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For all you supporters of Gay Marriage: What about polygamy? - 20/10/2012 12:02:06 AM 1425 Views
Legal rights. - 20/10/2012 12:14:10 AM 829 Views
It almost sounds like you are saying... - 20/10/2012 12:31:40 AM 804 Views
That is what I'm saying it. - 20/10/2012 01:07:50 AM 785 Views
Technically, privileges, not rights. - 20/10/2012 04:16:45 AM 788 Views
Sure - 20/10/2012 12:35:53 AM 720 Views
All for it... For adults over the age of 18. *NM* - 20/10/2012 01:18:04 AM 428 Views
What about it? - 20/10/2012 01:21:17 AM 786 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/10/2012 01:51:25 AM 454 Views
+2 *NM* - 20/10/2012 11:18:39 AM 400 Views
should be legal, would be nice for poly people. should include polygyny and polyandry. *NM* - 20/10/2012 03:29:05 AM 403 Views
poly people? - 20/10/2012 12:44:01 PM 753 Views
Government needs to stop legislating morality. So yes *NM* - 20/10/2012 03:36:37 AM 391 Views
That's a huge chunk of what government does. - 20/10/2012 04:35:45 PM 758 Views
That's not what I'm saying - 21/10/2012 03:21:08 AM 778 Views
So you're opposed to abortion and gun control then? Welcome aboard! - 21/10/2012 06:14:14 AM 730 Views
Why do you keep talking about gay marriage and polygamy in the same sentence.. - 20/10/2012 03:58:26 AM 794 Views
Get a grip. Your response is just what I tried to avoid. - 20/10/2012 04:33:40 AM 719 Views
The more fool you. - 21/10/2012 05:55:30 AM 815 Views
Ha! Point. *NM* - 20/10/2012 05:40:34 AM 591 Views
Marriage is always a choice, whatever the motive(s.) - 22/10/2012 04:00:40 PM 750 Views
I got no opinion on it. - 20/10/2012 12:51:43 PM 847 Views
The idea of a group marriage makes me uncomfortable - 20/10/2012 04:19:48 PM 724 Views
As long as it is equitable - 20/10/2012 05:55:57 PM 721 Views
The state shouldn't even recognize marriage beyond name changes anyway - 21/10/2012 03:52:40 AM 794 Views
Indeed - 21/10/2012 06:04:41 AM 855 Views
I don't give a damn what you call it. That's your business. - 21/10/2012 06:17:40 AM 1126 Views
And so? - 21/10/2012 07:05:08 AM 751 Views
Re: And so? - 21/10/2012 04:10:19 PM 932 Views
Agreed in principle, but custody/cohabitation/assets go well beyond name change. - 22/10/2012 04:37:09 PM 730 Views
This is the sort of thing that *needs* to be about principle - 23/10/2012 04:54:10 AM 662 Views
Parental, property and other rights need government protection, and thus government involvement. - 23/10/2012 05:14:37 AM 701 Views
None of which need hinge on marriage - 23/10/2012 05:54:07 AM 664 Views
In the legal sense of marriage, yeah, they kinda do. - 23/10/2012 07:20:38 AM 697 Views
Legal contracts must be open to all consenting adults, or none. - 22/10/2012 03:11:55 PM 809 Views
You are correct, yet your reasoning is flawed. - 23/10/2012 03:20:25 PM 725 Views
Again, the Equal Protection Clause has far less force on private entities than on government. - 23/10/2012 03:52:06 PM 666 Views
Much less force, yes. - 23/10/2012 04:15:03 PM 677 Views
The crux is "If it's my business, it's my business." - 23/10/2012 04:43:25 PM 747 Views
+1 *NM* - 23/10/2012 07:36:46 PM 336 Views
No the analogy is not exact, nor legally the same... - 23/10/2012 07:33:25 PM 640 Views
Analogy is not equality, only similarity. - 24/10/2012 04:37:29 PM 845 Views
We aren't asking for something better or different. - 23/10/2012 04:27:04 PM 731 Views
yeah, it is very circular. - 23/10/2012 07:44:33 PM 768 Views

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